Help meet the demands of doing business across multiple sites and
countries. Implement a business management solution with the flexibility
to support the varied needs of multi-site and international
organizations, regardless of size, location, or type of business.
Multi-site and international organizations (MIOs), face
unique challenges when choosing and deploying a business
management solution. Microsoft Dynamics NAV readily
integrates with the parent company’s system while meeting
the varying needs of different sites, regardless of size,
location, or type of business.
The challenge for multi-site and international
organizations
Integrating the IT systems of MIO locations is critical
for effectively sharing information, supporting common
needs, and functioning successfully as one entity.
However, individual sites typically don't require the same
level of complexity in their business management solution
as the parent company, and they may not have the resources
to acquire and maintain a system designed for a larger
company.
The ideal solution for the MIO business model is a
strong core platform and solution that has the flexibility
to meet the unique needs of local sites, regardless of
their complexity, specialization, or location.
Microsoft Dynamics NAV: designed for your sites
Microsoft Dynamics NAV is a business management
solution with the flexibility to support the varied needs
of multi-site and international organizations, regardless
of size, location, or type of business. Designed to meet
the needs of small and midsize organizations, it is easy
to use and maintain for a low total cost of ownership
(TCO).
Microsoft Dynamics NAV can help MIOs by supporting
processes and integrating the information of local sites
with the parent company's systems.
Microsoft Dynamics NAV can
support multiple sites.
An MIO must consider the following four key challenges
when choosing a solution for deployment:
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Meets the needs of complexity.
Sites may have the same level of business
complexity as the parent company, but on a
different scale and without the same IT resources.
The solution that is best for the parent company
is often too big, complicated, cumbersome, and
costly for its sites, and it may not address the
local requirements or specific business needs of
the local sites. Microsoft Dynamics NAV helps MIOs
balance the need for complexity without requiring
a large IT staff or extensive user training.
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Meets the needs of specialization.
Sites with specialized functions have key industry
and vertical requirements that may differ widely
from those of other sites and the parent company.
More than 57,000 customers worldwide in a wide
variety of industries have already customized and
deployed Microsoft Dynamics NAV to accommodate
their individual needs, and more than 2,700
Microsoft Certified Partners currently deliver
these customizations.
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Meets the needs of locations.
Sites located in different countries need a
solution that meets local regulatory and market
requirements as well as industry- and
location-specific practices for bookkeeping,
reports, and financial statements. With more than
40 localized versions that include multicurrency
and multi-language capabilities, Microsoft
Dynamics NAV adapts to local legislative and
market requirements.
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Meets the needs of flexibility.
MIOs must strike a balance between deploying
worldwide standardization and allowing
customizations to support business procedures at
the local site level. Microsoft Dynamics NAV is
easy to customize and configure, and it can scale
to support changing needs as a company grows.
Top 7 benefits of using Microsoft Dynamics NAV
Microsoft Dynamics NAV solution for MIOs can benefit
business in seven key ways:
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Meets the individual needs of sites, regardless
of their size, location, or type of business.
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Improves workflow efficiency for financial
consolidation.
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Gives you clear business insight with
integrated analytics.
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Offers an efficient means of exchanging data.
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Can reduce costs by helping you share
responsibility for services.
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Promotes a more efficient supply chain.
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Helps you respond proactively to business
conditions.
Six common integration scenarios
If you are part of a multi-site and international
organization (MIO), find out how your company can benefit
from integrating Microsoft Dynamics NAV with another
enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution at the parent
company—in these six common scenarios.
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Scenario 1: Consolidating financial
data. To run your business and meet
increasingly demanding international standards,
such as Sarbanes-Oxley and International
Accounting Standards (IAS) 2005, parent
organizations must get a consolidated view of
finances from local sites. At the same time, the
sites may have to answer to local financial
standards and reporting requirements.
Microsoft Dynamics NAV can help save time and
effort by enabling you to consolidate financial
statements for a series of business units. You can
transfer from different accounting structures,
including financial statements in different
currencies.
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Scenario 2: Gaining business insight.
To maintain control over your entire organization,
managers at the parent level need access to data
located in individual site systems. This
information may range from sales reports to
inventory figures. And you need to receive
information in a format that is easy to
understand, analyze, and share.
With Business Analytics in Microsoft Dynamics
NAV, site employees can create online analytical
processing (OLAP) cubes based on full access to
stored local data—without the need for extensive
IT support. Controllers at the parent office can
access reports using Microsoft Windows SharePoint
Services, Microsoft Office Excel, or other
familiar tools. The result is clear visibility
into the entire organization with faster and more
efficient reporting.
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Scenario 3: Sharing master data.
Your parent company and sites may share certain
critical business information, such as vendor
records, price lists, and customer data. However,
this information is often maintained in different
systems that may use different formats, which can
lead to inconsistencies and wasted time. If your
parent company wants to share master data with
sites that use a different ERP system, you have to
connect the systems.
Microsoft tools for electronic data exchange
enable the entire organization to share master
data. One such tool is XMLport, which is used to
create XML documents that can easily be read by
multiple applications.
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Scenario 4: Sharing responsibility for
services. MIOs may decide to share
services with local sites; customers may wish to
receive consolidated invoices reflecting
interactions with multiple sites; you may need to
divide tasks based on specific competencies at
site levels; or you may want to centralize payroll
or procurement to obtain efficiencies or bulk
discounts.
With Microsoft Dynamics NAV, you can facilitate
shared services through electronic exchange of
data based on BizTalk Server or functionality for
intercompany postings.
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Scenario 5: Enabling interdivisional
transactions. Sites sometimes need to
interact with one another to redistribute
inventory or complete workflows. For example, one
site may act as distributor of another site's
product, or divisions of a government agency may
need to interact to complete a workflow.
You can set up Microsoft Dynamics NAV to treat
interdivisional transactions as normal sales and
purchase transactions. The sites can interact
among themselves using either a BizTalk Server and
Commerce Gateway or the Microsoft Dynamics NAV
Intercompany Postings solution.
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Scenario 6: Responding proactively to
business events. Your parent organization
and sites comprise a supply chain, and although
the role of each may be quite varied, all are
interdependent. When a manufacturer relies on
another site to deliver raw goods, delays can
affect the entire supply chain.
Companies can set up alerts using the Business
Notification feature in Microsoft Dynamics NAV,
which will automatically generate e-mail messages
about critical business conditions at their
various sites, divisions, or supply chain
partners.
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